Photo Gallery

1944

Steel barge rivetted. Built at Bulimba Engineers Yard Bulimba. Chinese labour force. (Courtesy NARA, College Park)

Another Steel barge being constructed at Bulimba. (Courtesy NARA, College Park)

Steel barges constructed by the US Army engineers at Bulimba. (Courtesy, NARA, College Park.).

Prefabrication of barge parts being prepared for assembly. (Courtesy NARA, College Park)

The beginning of a new barge at Bulimba. (Courtesy NARA, College Park)

Eventually, the barges came closer to the riverbank. This one is an 80-foot wooden barge. (Courtesy NARA, College Park)

Steel rivetted barge. (Courtesy NARA, College Park).

An 80-foot barge at Bulimba Camp A Small Ships Section. (Courtesy NARA, College Park.)

45-foot wooden barges and other vessels at the Small Ships Section, Bulimba Camp A. (Courtesy NARA, College Park)

HMAS Stuart and the Brittania at Newstead. (Photo courtesy Salter Family BDHS)
Can you name all of the other boats?

One of the barges used to carry other vessels. Small Ships Section Bulimba Camp A. (Courtesy NARA, College Park)

Refrigeration Barges were used for supplying the troops in the South Pacific.(Courtesy NARA, College Pak).

Combat unloading barge being launched at the Small Ships Section Bulimba. (Courtesy NARA, College Park)

Newly built barge sliding down the ways at Bulimba Shipyards. (Courtesy NARA, College Park)

Another of the Conical Crane Barges very close to being ready for the water.(Courtesy NARA, College Park)

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